With regard to an action concerning organization of company which may be filed by a shareholder or a shareholder at incorporation, the court may, in response to a petition by the defendant, order the shareholder or the shareholder at incorporation who has filed relevant action concerning organization of company to provide reasonable security; provided, however, that this does not apply when relevant shareholder is a director, company auditor, executive officer or liquidator or when relevant shareholder at incorporation is a director at incorporation or a company auditor at incorporation.
会社の組織に関する訴えであって、株主又は設立時株主が提起することができるものについては、裁判所は、被告の申立てにより、当該会社の組織に関する訴えを提起した株主又は設立時株主に対し、相当の担保を立てるべきことを命ずることができる。ただし、当該株主が取締役、監査役、執行役若しくは清算人であるとき、又は当該設立時株主が設立時取締役若しくは設立時監査役であるときは、この限りでない。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to actions concerning the organization of a company which may be filed by a creditor or person who delivered shares or share options, etc. of the subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchange to the parent company resulting from a partial share exchange when the partial share exchange was effected.
In order for a defendant to file the petition referred to in paragraph (1) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph), the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the plaintiff filed the action in bad faith.
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(Order to Provide Security)
With regard to an action concerning organization of company which may be filed by a shareholder or a shareholder at incorporation, the court may, in response to a petition by the defendant…
会社の組織に関する訴えであって、株主又は設立時株主が提起することができるものについては、裁判所は、被告の申立てにより、当該会社の組織に関する訴えを提起した株主又は設立時株主に対し、相当の担保を立てるべきことを命ずることができる。
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The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to actions concerning the organization of a company which may be filed by a creditor or person who delivered shares or share options…
前項の規定は、会社の組織に関する訴えであって、債権者又は株式交付に際して株式交付親会社に株式交付子会社の株式若しくは新株予約権等を譲り渡した者が提起することができるものについて準用する。
Open this provisionpartial share exchange
「株式交付」
A stock company's acquiring shares of another stock company to make it a subsidiary, handing its own shares to the sellers in exchange; unlike a share exchange, it need not acquire all of them.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xxxii-2)· applies throughout the law
director at incorporation
「設立時取締役」
A person who is to become a director when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (1)
company auditor at incorporationmachine translation
「設立時監査役」
A person who is to become a company auditor when the stock company is formed.
Defined inArticle 38, paragraph (3), item (ii)
shareholders at incorporation
「設立時株主」
A person who is to become a shareholder of the stock company when it is formed, having subscribed and paid for shares issued at incorporation.
Defined inArticle 65, paragraph (1)
subsidiary company resulting from a partial share exchangemachine translation
「株式交付子会社」
The stock company whose shares a parent company acquires in a partial share exchange.
Defined inArticle 774-3, paragraph (1), item (i)
parent company resulting from a partial share exchangemachine translation
「株式交付親会社」
The stock company that carries out a partial share exchange, acquiring another stock company's shares in exchange for its own.
Defined inArticle 774-3, paragraph (1), item (i)
share options, etc.
「新株予約権等」
The share options and bonds with share options of the subsidiary in a partial share exchange (where one company pays with its own shares to make another its subsidiary), which the parent company may acquire along with the subsidiary's shares.
Short name set inArticle 774-3, paragraph (1), item (vii)
action concerning organization of company
「会社の組織に関する訴え」
The lawsuits listed in Article 834 that challenge a company's basic acts, such as its incorporation, a merger, a company split, a share exchange, a share issue or a shareholders meeting resolution, each of which must be brought against the defendant that Article names.
Short name set inArticle 834, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
company auditor
監査役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)), whose job is to audit how the directors carry out their duties and to write an audit report on it (Article 381, paragraph (1)). Not an outside accountant — that is the financial auditor (会計監査人) — and not a director: a company auditor may not also be a director or employee of the company or its subsidiaries (Article 335, paragraph (2)). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within four years of election (Article 336, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 329, 335, 336, 381 as a reference.
director
取締役
An officer of a stock company, elected by the shareholders meeting (Companies Act, Article 329, paragraph (1)). Every stock company has at least one (Article 326, paragraph (1)). Where there is no board of directors, the directors run the company's business unless the articles of incorporation say otherwise (Article 348, paragraph (1)), and each of them represents it unless the company has chosen representative directors (代表取締役) or others to do that (Article 349, paragraphs (1) and (3)). Where there is a board (取締役会, board of directors), the directors are its members, and the board decides the business and normally chooses the representative directors from among them (Article 362). The term normally runs to the annual shareholders meeting for the last business year ending within two years of election (Article 332, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Companies Act, Arts. 326, 329, 332, 348, 349, 362 as a reference.